If you love Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) originals like House of Cards or Orange is the New Black , you may have reason to cheer the streaming service’s latest price hike. The red-lettered streamer said prices would go up for its most popular and its premium packages in the U.S. For its standard plan, which offers streaming on two devices and...
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If you’re still several decades from retiring, then building a steady source of retirement income may not seem like your top priority. However, messing up your retirement savings plan early on in your career can make it almost impossible for you to recover the lost ground later. One of most tragic mistakes a worker can make is dipping into their retirement...
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The broader alcoholic beverage industry is enduring weak growth lately, but investors have still pushed Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) stock higher this year on hopes that its premium beer, wine, and spirits portfolio will generate market-beating earnings growth. The company delivered on that promise in fiscal second-quarter results this week that included a big jump in profitability as the company...
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Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been opening fulfillment centers at a rapid pace ever since it announced earlier this year that it would create over 100,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months. But the latest company news regarding a fulfillment center caught my attention as the project will be built on land where a former shopping mall once...
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8point3 Energy Partners (NASDAQ: CAFD) is in the midst of a strategic review by its sponsors First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) that could result in the sale of the entire company or a new sponsor stepping in. In the meantime, the yieldco continues to operate as it normally would, generating dividends for investors each quarter. On Wednesday,...
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Investing well can be hard. Everyone who tries his or her hand at it wants to do well. Unfortunately, too many of us do poorly for a litany of reasons, including trading too often or chasing yield instead of stable payouts and returns. But individual investors can do well by following an effective strategy that’s proven to work: Invest in...
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Aggressive investors are more than willing to accept higher levels of risk to get the potential for high returns. Many think of aggressive investors in terms of chasing growth, but some of these investors focus more on high yields. If you’re an aggressive investors looking for high-yield stocks, you have plenty of options from which to choose. We asked three...
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Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems to fall into place for you? AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) is having one of those kinds of years. The big biotech’s stock is up more than 40% so far in 2017 — the best performance of any biotech or pharma company with a market cap above $50 billion. Those gains...
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Although biotechnology stocks in general have a reputation for offering some of the best potential for high returns, they also come with substantial risk. In fact, investors can actually find big winners in any industry, even in the sectors that are considered the most mundane. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) , U.S. Concrete (NASDAQ: USCR) , and Lending Tree (NASDAQ: TREE)...
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